For fun " What should you really be stressing about"

[July]

How many redundant flashlights that I need.

You seriously, carry FireFlies Ranger? Just Checkin...

[RangerZ]

You seriously, carry FireFlies Ranger? Just Checkin...

I like the lightning bug idea. If the bottle is big enough and they can fly in it, it will be lighter too. Make the gram weenies happy.


Makes me think of when old friends from New Orleans visited us in Pittsburgh. They loved to see the lightning bugs, the spraying for mosquitos in NOLA kills the lightning bugs also.

[July]

We going Ft Benning/Bragg. I wonder today the people that enjoy 'life' today actually realize the sacrifice that has been paid.

[RangerZ]

We going Ft Benning/Bragg. I wonder today the people that enjoy 'life' today actually realize the sacrifice that has been paid.

Visited Benning three times - Airborne, Ranger and Pathfinder courses. Spent three years of my young life at Bragg, 27th Engineers.


Godspeed.

[July]

Visited Benning three times - Airborne, Ranger and Pathfinder courses. Spent three years of my young life at Bragg, 27th Engineers.


Godspeed.

All The Way...

[kayak karl]

[rocketsocks]

I swear I saw three little gnomes in Jerry's beard at a show one night...truth!

[Chair-man]

Reading some of the questions being asked and seeing some of the things people are stressing out about, this post is for a bit of fun.

What should perspective thru hikers really be stressing out about?

Worry about finding a job when I'm done with my hike? nah. Maybe take a big student loan and get some more schoolin'? nope. I'll be worried about how much my COLA is going to be for the next year and what my next adventure will be

[Vet4thruhike]

Whether to just wave to watchers or start a conversation?

nothing like a good mid dump conversation lol

[TNhiker]

I swear I saw three little gnomes in Jerry's beard at a show one night...truth!

Thanks to the goony birds for seeing those.......

[jawnzee]

My trail related stress tends to be in towns. Will be doing my best to minimize that time. Although doing my best to minimize that time also tends to increase that stress...

[squeezebox]

Emptying my night time pee bottle in front of someone else's tent.

[Dogwood]

Emptying my night time pee bottle in front of someone else's tent.

I stress over that loose cap on my night time pee bottle leaking when using it as a body warmer inside my ridiculously high priced untreated down sleeping bag after having just taken a melatonin.

[2015 Lady Thru-Hiker]

I stress over that loose cap on my night time pee bottle leaking when using it as a body warmer inside my ridiculously high priced untreated down sleeping bag after having just taken a melatonin.

Multi-purposing the pee. I like it!!

[squeezebox]

If I keep my pee bottle in your tent I won't have to worry about it leaking. But seriously will probably keep it in the vestibule just in case.
I'm an older guy and I pee a lot, early prostate issue, such is life.

[permagrin]

I really hope that the phone works at the shelter that has the Pizza Delivery Service. Is it too ealy to call them and alert the staff that I like extra pepperoni on my pizza?

[Busky2]

Arriving at the right time at a post office to get my box (food, cash, meds, stuff you really need aka TP) only to find it change hours/closed early and it is Friday an a holiday weekend thus being s c r e w e d till Tuesday at 11:00 am.

[Carbo]

Hoping my wife didn't throw out my well-worn, La-Z-Boy recliner.

[GoldenBear]

That a group of eight-year olds will pass me like I'm standing still.

I've done 1095 miles on the A.T. over the last twelve years, and in that time I've passed a grand total of FIVE people -- two of them being a couple that had just given up backpacking due to leg pains.
I've thus given myself the secondary trail name of "Snail's Pace."
And I used to pride myself as a fast walker, at least on city streets.
So I'm now a little embarrassed at how slowly I walk on The Trail, although I'm reconciled myself to the simple fact that I'M SLOW!

Anyway, the most embarrassing moment was when a group of pre-pubescent Girl Scouts passed me, with some of them mentioning that they had gone further in a day, and in a week, then I could (at the time) imagine myself doing. For the record, I've since improved my abilities, to the point that I could probably backpack as well as an eleven-year old girl.

ANYWAY, despite my acceptance of my slowness, I'm still worried that some even YOUNGER group of kids will race by me.


To all of you that I've slowed down while you're trying to get around me -- sorry!

[Another Kevin]

That a group of eight-year olds will pass me like I'm standing still.

You're welcome to hike with me anytime!